WD: Column Selection Lost After Formatting Characters (78244)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0b
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q78244 SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word, if you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+F8
(Macintosh) to select a column of text and then apply character formatting,
the text does not remain selected after you apply the formatting.
CAUSE
When you press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+F8 (Macintosh), the
Column Selection mode is activated, and you can use the arrow keys to
select a column of text. If you apply character formatting to the selected
text, the width of the characters changes. This can cause the column
selection to no longer be accurate. Therefore, the text selection is lost
when character formatting is applied.
NOTE: You can also perform a column selection by holding the ALT key while
clicking and dragging with the left mouse button (Windows) or holding the
OPTION key while clicking and dragging the mouse (Macintosh).
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," page 318.
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," page 106.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbformat kbprb KB78244 |
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